Working-glove.



J. CHURCHILL.

WORKING GLOVE.

APPLIOATION FILED OOT.3, 1910.

1,021,238, Patented Mar. 26, 1912.

WITNESSES: l/Vl/EN 10/? A TTOR/VEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES CHURCHILL, OF CENTRALIA, WASHINGTON.

WORKING-GLOVE.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES CHURCHILL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Centralia, in the county of Lewis and State of WVashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Working- Gloves, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in out causing the glove to become unwieldly o1 uncomfortable to the wearer.

The invention consists in the novel construction, adaptation and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings;

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the front of a glove, embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the back of the same. Fig. 3 is a view of the various blanks or patterns from which the glove is formed.

The reference character a, Fig. 3, designates a blank from which the back of the glove is formed and'b a blank to form the front of the same.

The former blank is cut to form the backs 7, 8, 9 and 10 of the four fingers of the'approximate width of the fingers with the exception of that for the index finger 1O which may be cut approximately one-half the width of the finger.

The front of the glove blank I) only contains the fronts 7' of the little finger and 10 of the index finger. Said blank also in cludes a portion 10" of the back of the index finger and that portion 11 of'the body of the glove which is subjacent thereto.

The middle fin er and thethird finger have their fronts ormed by separate pieces or fourchettes 8 and 9'. This enables the front 7 of the little finger and thefront 10 of the index finger to be cut of a considerably greater width than the backs 7 and 10 thereof, the extra width being taken.

, Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 8, 1910. Serial No. 585,050.

Patented Mar. 26, 1912.

part of the reanblank a of the glove is taken by the backs of the middle and. third fingers.

The fourchettes 8 and 9 are of such size that the seams connecting them with the backs of the middle and third fingers are on the rear. All of the seams connecting the respective parts of the fingers are likewise at the rear. I

In forming the glove, the edges of the blanks a and 1) adjacent the little finger are.

stitched together, as at 12, to form the side of the glove corresponding to the outer side of the hand. Said edges" are directed in wardly and provided with a welting strip 13 therebetween in a-manner well-known in the art while the stitching is protected from wear through being inside the glove. Said stitches are thus continued with an interiorly directed welted seam to the end of the little finger and thence along the inner edge of the said finger for a distance, as at 14, whereat the respective edges of the material are directed outwardly and stitched or secured in an outseam 15. Such outseam is continued to the crotch 16 between the little fin er and the third finger and thence outward y upon the latter finger until in proximity to the end of the finger where the stitching is again from the leather which in the corresponding 1 turned inwardly, as at 17, and welted as be-.

fore explained about the edges .of the finger end. Each finger is thus formed with its end secured by stitching which is concealed and protected from wear while the portions adjacent where the fingers join with the back are secured in each case by an outseam which affords a simple and secure connection and provides a smooth surface upon the interior of the crotch where ordinarily there is an excess of inwardly directed material which is often the source of discomfort to the wearer and causes callous formations and coins u on the hands of the wearer.

As a oresaid, the blank I), from which is formed the front of the glove, comprises a portion 10 of the back of the index finger and that part 11 of the glove material subjacent thereto. The inner edge 18 of said blank is therefore turned over past the inner side of the hand and is joined to the inner edge of the rear blank by a row of stitching 19 in proximity to the middle of the back of the index finger. The usage to which the glove is put necessitates the employment of the glove than upon the back, while et some of the severest wear occurs about -t e index finger and between the latter and the thumb. It is therefore advantageous to extend the heavier material beyond the positionof maximum Wear and also place the said rows of stitching 19 as fargas possible upon the back of the hand and removedfrom the likelihood of damage by abrasion.

An opening 20 is made in the blank b for the attachment of the thumb-part 0 of Fig. 3. The material cut from said opening is,

desirably, not completely severed from the blank, but forms a tab 21 which is connected therewlth by a neck 22 and upon the attach- I ment of the thumb is stitched or otherwise secured to the inner surface of the thumb to reinforce the material thereof against abrasion and to prevent the splitting of the seam 23 in the crotch between the thumb and the,

ing united by an inside seam extending a short distance inward along the sides of the finger portions, and the seam in the crotch of the fingers formed upon the outside and extending outwardly along the sides of the finger portions to the seam upon the inside.

JAMES CHURCHILL.

Witnesses B. H. Rrronns, MARION CASE. 

